Machine for making the eyes of hoes



(No Model.)

J. s. CRAFT. MACHINE FOR MAKING THE EYES 0P HOES.

No; 275,363. Patented Apr. 10; 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNSTOL S. CRAFT, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

MACHINE FOR MAKING THE EYES OF HOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,363, dated April10, 1883. Application filed April 27, 1882. '(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. JOHNSTON S. CRAFT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county ofStark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMachinery for Making the Eyes of Hoes and other Similar Articles, ofwhich the following is a description.

In reference to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of mysaid invention shown as connected with the machine of which it is apart. Fig. 2 is a detached view of my said invention, showing the punchand a longitudinal section of the die b. Fig. 3 is a detached view,showing the punch a and the strippers c and d. Fig. 4 is a detached viewof the strippers c and d. Fig. 5 is a top view of the punch a and thestrippers c and d.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

D D are uprights, which constitute a part of the frame-work of themachine, and serve the double purpose of a guide for the crosshead 0 anda support for the bed or table B.

E is a driving-wheel, by means of which all the moving parts of themachine are driven.

The cross-head c is provided with a yoke, in which works a cam formoving. the said crosshead up and down.

The shaft H is provided with a crank at the end h, by means of which therod m is caused a to move up and down, thus causing the lever i tovibrate and move with it the punch a.

aisa punch provided with the point k,which corresponds in shape with theshape of the eye of a hoe. provided also with a sloping shoulder, andalso provided with the swell 0, in which are located the grooves r s forreceiving the points it u of the strippers c d.

c and d are strippers, which are firmly bolted to the bed-piece B, andthe ofiice of which is to strip the eye of the hoe from the point Itafter the same has been formed.

b is a perforated die, having a. sloping face which corresponds with theslope of the shoulder n of the punch a.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for opening out theeyes of hoes and forming them into a finished shape after they have beenpressed into a rudimentary form by means of a drop or other process, andits operation may be described as follows: When the eye of the hoe isplaced upon the pointkof the punch a the said punch moves upward andmeets the perforated die I) in its downward movement, when the eye ofthe hoe enters the orifice of the said die I), and is there pressed intoshape by means of the said point It and the shoulder n of the punch a.After the said operation has been completed the said punch moves down,and in its downward movement the hoe is stripped from the said point Itby means of the strippers c and d.

1 am aware that a machine for forming the eyes of hoes and other similararticles, having two sloping-faced perforated dies and a punchopera-ting through the dies, is not new; hence I make no claim to thatform of machine.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The punch a, provided with the point To and shoulder n, incombination with suitable actuating machinery and with the die b.

2. The punch (it, provided with grooves r s, in combination with thestrippers c and d and suitable actuating machinery.

' JOHNSTON S. CRAFT.

Witnesses:

J. O. STANLEY, SAML. V. EssroK.

